The world is in decline now, as if cursed
All life is dying out
One day we heard
That they were building
A giant ark to journey into space
It was common idle gossip and no one believed it
But you said
That you were going to go search for that ark

You've always been an optimist
And I admired it, thinking that it must be what kept you going
But we didn't have any leads or anything
When I told you that, you answered
"It's at the farthest end of the earth"
With utterly baseless self-confidence
The end of the earth is at the top, so you aimed north
And triumphantly told me
That you'd surely find it
Even though it was just a lie
Invented by people who wanted a dream to cling to

But I couldn't leave you alone
So I just followed after you
"Don't you understand?
You're not as good as I am
At surviving on your own
Or fighting
So there's a lot I can teach you
How to hunt animals, how to be safe when you sleep
So let's go on this journey together"

The journey was harder than I expected
All the more so for you
Who know so little about the world
But because we were together
It was also fun
And we could even laugh
At the dreams you told me about every night

Maybe it was really me
Who learned a lot of things
On this journey:
I learned about having an innocent heart that embraces dreams
About believing in even the smallest of hopes
About unyielding strength
I'll continue my journey to the end of the earth
And for you I'll find
That ark you believed in
Even though I have to do it alone